Tag Archives: Vietnamese music

(What I talk about when I talk about Việt Nam) “Ba Nho holds the dan day lute close to his face…. With dignity, he plays the opening phrase…. Never before had Co To heard the sound of the dan day full of such misery and grief. The sound was so sullen and suppressed, as if it […]

(What I talk about when I talk about Việt Nam) Installer’s Note: This entry will be revised. For me Trịnh Công Sơn is more about poetry. His poems tell very sad stories, and when quiet, they are more enlightening than gloomy. Schafer (2007, p. 603) writes: Văn Ngọc stresses Sơn’s new approach to lyrics, which, he says, […]

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